James M. Moon (1724 - 1798)

Born 1724 in Frederick, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Anne (Mendenhall) Moon — married 1749 in Hopewell, Frederick, Virginia

Descendants

Died 10 Oct 1798 at about age 74 in Chatham, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Moon Name Study.

Children:^[1]

1. Thomas Moon, b. Abt 1749
2. Lurena Moon, b. 2 August 1750, Frederick County, Virginia Colony, d. 28 September 1834, Chatham County, North Carolina
3. John (Peter) Moon, b. 13 May 1752, Arden, Frederick County, Virginia Colony, d. 3 May 1813, Chatham County, North Carolina
4. Charity Moon, b. 13 October 1754, Hopewell, Frederick County, Virginia Colony
5. Jacob Moon, b. 18 March 1756, Frederick County, Virginia Colony, d. 14 October 1822, Cane Creek, Orange County, North Carolina
6. Peter Moon, b. 1758, Frederick County, Virginia Colony
7. Hannah Moon, b. Abt 1760, Cane Creek, Orange County, North Carolina Colony, d. 1 December 1781
8. Rachel Moon, b. Abt 1762

Last Will and Testament of James Moon, 1807

"To all Christian people to whom these presents shall come greeting, know Ye that I, James Moon, of the county of Chatham and state of North Carolina, considdering of this transatory life and being infirm in body but in perfect sence, do this Twenty Second day of March, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Two, make and publish this my last will and testament in manner following: that is to say first I desire that my Body be decently buried. I also desire that my funeral expenses be paid and that my just debts be paid. I will and bequeath to my Well-Beloved wife Ann: two cows and one Mare, two sheep, one pot and rack, her bed and furnature, to her and her heirs and assigns for Ever. My Will is that my wife live on my Plantation with privelage of said plantation and the farming Utentials while she remains my Widow. I do bequeath unto my daughter Lurany Barns two shillings and six pence, to my son John two shillings and six pence, also to my daughter Chrity Piggott two shillings and six pence,likwise my son Jacob two shillings and six pence and to my daughter Rachel two shillings and six pence also one cow and calf, four sheep, one bead and beading, one spinning wheel. Also to my son Thomas two shillings and six pence also fire tongs, pot rack and hooks, one yearling calf. To my daughter Hannah Bass two shillings and six pence, also to my grandson Joshua Massy one cow and yearling. And it is my will after my Wife's decease or marriage to give and bequeath to my son Jacob One Hundred acres of land to him and his heirs and assigns for Ever including the dwelling house where I now live. Also I will and bequeath to my son Thomas Ninety Eight acres of land on the south side of my Plantation and the land to be divided by an East West line between them to him and his heirs and assigns for Ever. [some lines scratched out and changed here]

Likewise it is my will that the remainder part of my household furnature be to my Wife her life time or term of Widowhood and after her decease to be equally divided between my daughter Rachel and SonThomas except one Large Pewter dish to my son Jacob. I hereby disallow and dismiss all other wills or testaments ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last Will and testament. Lastly I make, ordain, constitute, and appoint my Beloved Wife and son Jacob to be Executors of this my last will and testament to answer the intent and purpose herein contained in witness where of I the said James Moon hath to this my last will and testament set my hand and seal the day and year above written signed and sealed in the presence of us:

Jesse Hinshaw [his signature] John Moon [his mark] James Moon [his signature] Rachel Moon [her signature]

Chatham County May Tenth 1807

The execution of this last will and testament was duly proved in Open Court by the oath of Jesse Hinshaw and John Moon and ordered to be recorded, and is recorded in Book A pages 55 and 56.

Thomas Ragland [his signature], Chatham Clerk of Court.

He is buried in the Cane Creek Monthly Meeting Cemetery, Snow Camp, Alamance, North Carolina, United States of America^[2]

Census

1800 Hillsborough, Chatham, North Carolina, United States^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Mendenhall Person: I19791
2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #42245463
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR7-P9K : accessed 12 May 2017), James Moon, Hillsborough, Chatham, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 218, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 31; FHL microfilm 337,907.

• http://www.mendenhall.org
• The Mendenhalls: A Genealogy, Henry Hart Beeson, 1969
• U.S., Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol I–VI, 1607-1943
• Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy Vol. I by William Wade Hinshaw Page 346
• "North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VH6X-1XK : 8 March 2021), James Moon, 1825; citing Chatham, North Carolina, United States, State Archives, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,064,913.
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42245463/moon

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Moon-430 created through the import of 10_s family tree.ged on June 23, 2011 by Tenielle Hoefener.
• Thank you to John Kalish for creating WikiTree profile Moon-1241 through the import of export-Forest.ged on July 6, 2013.